Medicaid Congress: Agenda: Preconference / Day One

MEDICAID CONGRESS AGENDA: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIA (Choose one Preconference only)
Pre-Conference I. Understanding the Medicaid Drug Benefit
7:00 a.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	Amanda Bartelme Manager, Avalere Health LLC, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Rhonda Driver, RPh Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy & Clinical Services, MO HealthNet Division, Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City, MO Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Jennifer Kowalski Manager, Avalere Health, Washington, DC Jude Walsh Special Assistant, Office of Health Policy and Finance, Governor's Office, State of Maine, Augusta, ME
12:00 p.m.	Adjournment of Preconference Lunch on your Own

Pre-Conference II. Elements of State Coverage Reform
7:00 a.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	Todd Eberly, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, St. Mary's College of Maryland Caroline Fisher Manager, Avalere Health, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Peter Harbage President, Harbage Consulting, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Henderson, NV John Holahan, PhD Director, Urban Institute, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Asher Mikow, MHA Research Analyst, The Center for Health Program Development and Management, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint)
12:00 p.m.	Adjournment of Preconference Lunch on your Own
MEDICAID CONGRESS AGENDA: DAY I Wednesday, June 4, 2008
OPENING GENERAL SESSION: THE CURRENT STATE OF MEDICAID
1:00 p.m.	Welcome, Introduction, and Conference Overview Jon Blum Vice President, Avalere Health, Washington, DC (Co-chair)
1:30 p.m.	Keynote Panel: State Leaders Sound Off-Medicaid Directors' Perspectives on the State of Health Reform Deborah Bachrach, Esq. Medicaid Director and Deputy Commissioner, Office of Health Insurance Programs, Department of Health, State of New York, Albany, NY John G. Folkemer Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD Carolyn Ingram Director, New Mexico Medicaid, Medical Assistance Division, New Mexico Human Services Department, Santa Fe, NM Debbie Chang Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Nemours Health and Prevention Services, Newark, DE (Moderator)
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	A View from the Top: Executives Shaping Medicaid and Health Reform Jennie Chin Hansen President, AARP, Washington, DC Michael A. Rashid Executive Vice President, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, Philadelphia, PA Paul J. Diaz President and Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Louisville, KY Dan Mendelson President and Founder, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC (Moderator)
5:00 p.m.	Adjournment